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Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: Stop. That is nonsense.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: We must censure this immediately.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: They sell an animal for €5 and Senator Quinn gets €15.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Senator did not do badly out of it.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: It is a long time since the Senator took a trip down to a farm.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: There will be no core soon.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: That is when the prices will really go up.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: What about Greencore?

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Coughlan, and her officials to the House. Most people throughout the country would warmly welcome the Minister's farm waste management plan. Of all the plans we have had in past years, this is the first to have flexibility with regard to anyone who wants to spend money in developing and managing their farms, whether it be for environmental or purely economic...

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: Yes. However, it was not long ago that food inspectors travelled the country closing down small enterprising food ventures on farms. If housewives, to supplement the family's income, were producing bread, cheese or other foods, they were told they could not do it because of EU rules, regulations and food directives.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: Now, the wheel is turning again with the arrival of farmers' markets where farmers can sell their produce in the open air. It is happening all over Europe and now we have decided we can do it here once more. Many people, some now gone from farming, attempted previously to be innovative but they were stymied in their efforts by over-enthusiastic regulators. One of my constituents runs a...

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Minister can have it later.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: It should not be but that is the reality. The man would appreciate a conversation with the Minister about the matter. The Minister referred to forestry. The recently appointed Minister of State said in a statement that she was concerned there had been such a fall off in the development of forestry. Was there a change by the Department with regard to what happened last year with the cutbacks?...

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: If the applications were manually accepted, the people who intend to go ahead with forestry should be given an opportunity to do so. There should be some relaxation of the procedure to allow them to proceed. This is a productive possibility that is again being stymied. I ask the Minister to deal with this.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: That is what the Senator just said though.

Seanad: Agrifood Sector: Motion. (29 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: The Senator did not say that at the time.

Seanad: Health Services. (28 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley. The matter concerns the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to intervene with the western health executive to appoint a school dentist in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, where there are 24 national schools in the area without a dental service for the past...

Seanad: Health Services. (28 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: Will the posts be advertised?

Seanad: Health Services. (28 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: So an appointment will be made.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (28 Mar 2006)

Ulick Burke: I thank Senator O'Toole for sharing his time. I welcome the Minister to the House and I welcome many aspects of the Finance Bill and the last budget, in so far as they have reduced the PAYE burden, as well as the tax take in general. In that regard, is it possible to find some mechanism for people who have overpaid their tax? I refer to those who are not particularly vigilant and are not...